Im 17 years old and am confused about my birth control and pregnancy?

i take my birth control every day at around the same time. ive been having sex with out a condom but he didnt ejaculate inside me ever. i am on my third day of the green pill of my birth control and still havent gotten my period. i was nervous so i took plan b yesterday. is there a chance i am pregnant.

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First let me clear up a myth for you. While birth control is very effective if taken without fail and as directed, take Drs advice concerning missed days. Drs usually advise to use a condom when you first start on birth control. Second withdrawing before ejaculation is a VERY unreliable form of birth control as a women can get pregnant on pre-ejaculation which biologically speaking acts as a way for the sperm to more easily swim upstream. The only way to find out is by doing a home pregnancy test.

The whole purpose of birth control pills is to stop the ovulation process. So yes you can miss your period. A myth concerning birth control is that missing dosages in the middle of the cycle are the most harmful but it is actually during the end of the dose pack as pills taken during this last week of the cycle are preventing the next months ovulation cycle. So you have to go back 1 month at the end of the cycle if you skipped doses then it affected this months cycle and thus your ability to get pregnant this cycle. So the short answer would be yes birth control can be the reason for a missed period. Good luck to you and if you are that worried take a test to ease your mind

There is a slim chance you are pregnant. If you're taking it perfectly it is 99% effective. Don't worry about it until you are thru the inactive pills. Plan B was not needed and you shouldn't have taken it. It will mess up your cycle. You're already taking extra hormones and now you've added more to it. The pill is the most effective form of birth control, If I worried about pregnant so much I felt I needed more then just that, I think I'd give up sex.